More Post Offices

Here are some more Post Office pictures that I have been taking for posterity ;)

East Wallingford, VT

Ludlow, VT

Newfane, VT

 

Weston, VT

Catskill, NY

Haines Falls, NY

Hollowville, NY

Tannersville, NY

Otis, MA

Catching up on Post Office pictures

I recently realized that I have several post office pictures that I haven't blogged yet.  So......here they are:

West Springfield, MA



Bellows Falls, VT



Bart, PA



Craryville, NY

S. Egremont, MA

Salem, NJ



Schaefferstown, PA



West Brattleboro, VT

New kayaking places

A friend of Paul's told him about four new kayaking places in Western Massachusetts. It was too cold and windy to go kayaking today so we decided to check them out.

The first one was Twining Pond in Tolland.





The next one was Noyes Pond in Tolland.





The next was Hayes Pond in Sandisfield.



And the last was Lower Spectacle Pond in Sandisfield.





It was fun to try and find these ponds today. Aside from the fact that I really like kayaking, I also enjoy the beautiful rides that we go on to get to these places.

P.S. Three new post offices

Pine Meadow, CT


Riverton, CT


Enfield St. Station, Enfield CT

First time kayaking this season!

It was so unseasonably warm this past week that Paul and I decided to go kayaking today. We have never been out this early in the season. The earliest that we have ever been kayaking was April 9th in 2005, and that was only because Paul was going to be having hand surgery at the end of the month and wanted to get in as much kayaking as he could. That year we went to the same lake that we went to today, and at that time the lake was mostly frozen. We could only kayak around the edges.

Not so today. Even though it wasn't as warm as the previous week, the lake was totally unfrozen. Very weird!



We went to Thousand Acre Swamp in New Marlborough. I particularly wanted to check out the little handmade wooden boat that I have been keeping track of there. We started kayaking in 2004 and Thousand Acre Swamp was one of the first places that we kayaked. This is the first time that I saw this little boat.



Somehow it just intrigued me and I have been taking pictures of it every year as it has been breaking up. We never got there last year (would you believe we only kayaked once last year?) and I wanted to see what shape it was in. We had to really search for it. There wasn't much left to it. The water level was low and I could see some of it on the bottom of the lake.







We didn't stay out too long as it was cloudy and pretty cold, but it was sooooo good to be out on the water again!

P.S. More post offices -

Sandisfield, MA


Southfield/New Marlborough, MA

What a busy weekend....

On Friday, 3/16, my aunt Ettie and cousin Lynda came for a visit. Friday was actually Ettie's birthday, so I decided it would be nice to have the family over for a birthday dinner.

She was surprised when we had a birthday cake.



We all had a good time together, including Dot. We never left to bring her home until after 10 p.m. and she never asked to leave. She seemed so happy to be with all of her family.



The next day, Saturday, Ettie, Lynda and I went to visit her at The Atrium.



The weather was so nice we took a walk around the grounds, and then sat in the little garden that they have. Dot immediately went to work cleaning out the flower pots, weeding, pruning, etc. I'm so happy that they have a place where she can do this. She loves it.



Dad, Marge, and Ettie stayed and had dinner with her there, and Lynda and I went out for dinner. It was nice to catch up on each other. We don't do that enough. We all had a fun time that evening visiting with Dot in her "living room." At times I wondered if we were going to be asked to leave. My family is loud. We talk loud and laugh loud. At one time, one of the residents was in her room crying out and moaning a little. Dot went to see what was going on. She entered her room (the door was open) and ended up praying for the woman. Would you believe that in minutes the woman calmed down and fell asleep. I have noticed that the residents really do look out for each other; so nice to see that.

On Sunday, we all met at The Atrium again. Ettie and Lyn were leaving around 12:30 to go home. Dad and Marge were coming to take Dot back to their house for a corned beef and cabbage dinner. Dot seemed tired, but she was still up to going to Dad's house.

On the way home, the weather was so beautiful that I called Paul and asked him if he wanted to go to the Cape for today and tomorrow (Monday is his day off). The kids were all at the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Surprisingly he said yes, so we packed an overnight bag and off we went.

We stayed in Eastham at the Town Crier where we had stayed last year. The Cape was beautiful and warm enough that we were able to drive with the windows down.

The next day we headed up to the Provincetown area and went to Herring Cove Beach and Race Point Beach. The weather, again, was beautiful and the light was gorgeous. At Herring Cove Beach there were whales out by that NOAA boat. In this picture you can see two black dots on either side of the boat. Those are whales. We were told that they were Right and Humpback whales.



We worked our way back down the Cape, driving by all of our old haunts. What a fun day it was. Such a spur of the moment mini vacation.

Here are some pictures from today.



















P.S. More post offices. Be prepared - we went by a lot of post offices on the Cape!

East Sandwich


West Barnstable


Cummaquid


Yarmouth Port


Dennis


North Eastham


North Chatham


Chatham


Harwich Port


Dennisport


West Yarmouth


As I said, what a busy weekend!